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Barber, Mary, approximately 1685-1755. The prodigy: or, the silent woman, in a letter from a lady in town to a friend in the country

Description

Imprint: Dublin : printed by E. S., [1726?]

First line: Tho' Rhyme serves the thoughts of great Poets to fetter,

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Type
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Date
1726
Call number
143229
Provenance
Purchased from Frederick R. Halsey by Henry E. Huntington through George D. Smith, December 1915. The volume was put up for sale in 1890 by Robson & Kerslake and includes an 1895 bookplate of Swiftian collector Colonel Francis Richard Charles Grant (1834-1899).
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Barber, Mary, (approximately 1685-1755.)
Belcher, James. (1687?-1743.)
Carey, Henry, (1685 or 1686-1768.)
Delany, Patrick, (1834-1899,)
Grant, Francis, (1847-1918.)
Halsey, Frederic R. (-1725,)
Harding, John, (active 1721-1729.)
Harding, Sarah, (1685-1763.)
King, William, (1711-1736.)
Mountcashell, Edward Davys, (1674-1749.)
Owens, Samuel. (1687-1738.)
Philips, Ambrose, (1671-1729.)
Sheridan, Thomas, (-1738.)
Smedley, Jonathan, (1667-1745.)
Stretzer, Thomas, (1685-1740.)
Swift, Jonathan,
Tickell, Thomas,
Ware, Henry,
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